Friday, 31 October 2008

It's time again for yet another Weekly Mix. To everyone that's been downloading them, thanks for the constant support, it's much appreciated! I've clocked up over 100,000 downloads so far this year, which is definitely a big achievement...Remember, that you can grab the whole series here.

This week, I decided to to throw together some of the older club Hip Hop/R&B joints which are personal favourites of mine...There's a lot more scratching/turntablist stuff in this one too for all you turntable fiends as well...

So as you are all aware, ALIFE sneakers are known for their weird and wonderful colours, materials, and so forth...

Some are nice, and some are just plain crap....These fall under the "crap" category - they just simply do not work...I mean, they look like a cheap Adidas Shelltoe rip-off, and that aqua model is just plain hideous.

The Ying Yang Twins used to make some good party records. "Salt Shaker" was dope, whilst "Shake" and "Drop" were (and Still are) pretty much standard dancefloor fillers...But this joint is pretty awful.

It was funny to start with, but maybe I'm now just finally getting tired of hearing them scream "HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" every f*ucking moment....

It's that time again for another Weekly Mix...Apologies for the delay in getting this one up online; Last week was pretty busy....

If you've missed out on any of the previous mixes, remember that you can grab them all here.

So for this week, I decided to go back to Hip Hop and do a Notorious B.I.G. special, throwing some of my favourite Biggie joints into the mix....A few unreleased and rare cuts here, but also a few classics thrown in for good measure.

Today sees the start of the "Vibe Allstars" UK Tour, where I (alongside Danny B & Butch Kassidy) will be doing my thing on the ones and twos. Over the next couple of months, we'll be tearing down clubs in a city near you, such as Cardiff, York, Brighton, Ipswich, Watford and load of other places in the UK.

Tour Dates:

16th Oct: Oceana, Milton Keynes

23rd Oct: Oceana, Cardiff

30th Oct: Liquid, Ipswich

2nd Nov: Liquid, Windsor (TBC)

6th Nov: Liquid, Crawley

13th Nov: Ritzy, Lincoln

20th Nov: Oceana, Brighton

25th Nov: Pure and Obsession, High Wycombe

25th Nov: Oceana, Milton Keynes

7th Dec: The Gallery, York

4th Dec: Oceana, Southampton

11th Dec: DUSK, Guildford

18th Dec: Trinity, Tamworth

21st Dec: Liquid, Windsor

There'll be loads of dope giveaways, in association with Moët & Chandon. Plus myself scratching records back and forth.

"The Simpsons" is literally the greatest cartoon of all time. It's constant satire of current events and popular culture is cleverly done, and is one of the reasons why I've been watching it since it first came on Sky over here in the UK. To be featured in/on The Simpsons (aka to be simpsonized) is probably the greatest thing that anyone could wish for in my books. Probably more amazing than having your own Hollyood pavement star. The amount of actors, musicians and politicians who have featured easily rolls into the hundreds.

Artist Dean Fraser takes it one step further to apply The Simpsons theme over many notable pop-icons from the comic book world as well as the real-world entertainment personalities. Throughout October, he’s been releasing a steady stream of one Marvel character per day which can be seen at Springfield Punx. Other artwork includes Back To The Future, He-Man, the Dark Knight characters, as well as characters from the 60's Batman Show!

A lot of people are saying that "808's & Heartbreak" is going to be Kanye's "Electric Circus". Personally I think the album is going to be very interesting. Admittedly, it took me a good few listens to really get into "Love Lockdown", and I think the whole album will be pretty similar too....But, I have the feeling it'll be dope.

Anyhow, for those who haven't yet heard "Heartless", it's a nice mid-tempo joint. Kanye's still doing his thing with the vocoder on the hook, which is catchy as hell. Definitely one of those sing-a-long joints for the end of the night. I think this has got potential to be the radio hit of the album.

Tuesday, 14 October 2008

Select Nike SB accounts will soon be getting the Super Heroes/Villains pack, which consists of two Dunk Mids and a Dunk Hi.

Taking inspiration from characters including Batman, Spiderman and the Storm Trooper from Star Wars, all three get a suede/leather treatment following each respective characters color scheme.

Whilst Nike SB's have been steadily going downhill over the past couple of years, these aren't too bad. In all fairness, the only sneaker I'd rock would be the Stormtrooper (which more resembles Venom) model...Maybe the Spiderman model too, but to honest I just can't get down with Dunk Mids in general.

I forgot how sick Jay-Z's flow was back in the day...I think I might have to dig out some other earlier material, like that Original Flavor joint - "Can I Get Open" - to put in one of the Weekly Mixes.

Something for all you other turntablists out there. This routine is crazy....

Combining scratching with MIDI controllers, foot pedals, and even an electronic drum kit, this is well worth watching, and definitely shows how digital technology can still co-exist with the artform. Very inspiring....

By the looks of things, someone's trying to start beef between Jay-Z & Fat Joe. Well, according to Just Blaze that Jay-Z verse isn't new. It's about 5 years old.

Also, there's no mention of DJ Khaled at all throughout the track. So who's trying to start beef, is the question?

Just as I'm typing this, I've found the whole explanation over at Miss Info's blog. Looks like it's "either someone who is super thirsty to heat up their career. Or someone who is super thirsty to get at Fat Joe". Interesting....

Thursday, 9 October 2008

To Celebrate 21 years of Alizé, they held a DJ competition back in the Spring/Summer months, to coincide with their "Alizé Remixed" tour. Basically you had to create a 10 minute mini mix of your favourite party tracks from the past 21 years, and then upload them to the contest’s website. It could include as many tracks or genres, just as long as the mix was dope.

As there were five dates for the tour, there would be five winners in total - Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Bristol & London...

I entered this for fun and completely forgot about it....Then out of the blue today, I got a call to say that I had won!

As part of the main prize, I'll be spinning at Paper in London on October 25th, supporting the legend that is Grandmaster Flash. Totally stoked....

I also wanna give props to Alizé for putting on the competition. The fundamentals of DJ-ing is being able to rock a party, and more contests such as this would be dope for DJ culture in general, especially in this age where nearly everything can be done at the click of a mouse button.

The new season of The Hundreds' Rosewood Collection is due for release this Friday (10th October). Part of the collection includes a a 59/50 New Era, which will be limited to 100 pieces. The cap features a leather brim, all black with white embroidered text.

Other garments include a collaborative tee with West Cost legend Kurupt.

Wednesday, 8 October 2008

I've been fiending for some dope instrumentals for a while now. The one like J. Slikk has come to my rescue.

For the Fall, J. Slikk has a whole new batch of beats. Rather than put them all together as one mp3 like his previous beat tape from the Summer (which I admit I slept on!), they're all separate tracks, in CDQ.

Definitely some soulful beats to vibe out to for this season...Highly recommended....

BONUS! Here's the rather dope Kid Sister joint "Family Reunion", featuring David Banner. It's got that nice summer party vibe to it, which, considering the weather over here in the UK, should hopefully cheer up some of you readers. Don't sleep!

William Roberts, AKA Rick Ross has finally decided to come clean about his past job as a Correctional Officer. He spoke on using his real name and his company having his Social Security # - So Why spend all this time denying it, especially when The Smoking Gun's proved it to be true?

Nevertheless, I'm still gonna be playing "Hustlin" when I'm DJ-ing. Still an anthem in my books....

Damn...6 of Chi Town's finest go in hard over "S.L.U." Not really feeling the scratching at the beginning (however, that's me being the snobby Battle DJ that I am), but apart from that, everyone did their thing. Fire for real....

Here's the archive for Mazzi's "Walking Blogs". Basically, dude puts together a video montage of what's been happening in NY during the week, and then throws a verse over the top explaining what's been going on. Definitely a dope little video blog-cum-freestyle worth checking out.

San Diego Chargers back, #21 LaDainian Tomlinson is the latest to collaborate with the Nike 1World Air Force 1.

Nice clean choice of colours and materials. All-over Croc Skin effect, with a blue translucent sole, with Tomlinson's #21 stitched on the heel.

Although the launch date is set for October 17th, 100 pairs will release a week earlier strictly in San Diego on Sunday, October 12th. 50 pairs will be divided divided between Blends and The Attic, with each retailer receiving 21 signed pairs, as well as a pair of tickets to the Chargers vs. Patriots game that night (which includes pick-up service and plaza level tickets with Lightning Pavilion access).

Just to let you all know as well - I'll be on tour from October through to December in the UK as part of the "Vibe Allstars Tour". For more deatails click here. Dates include Cardiff, Southampton, Lincoln, York & Brighton.

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